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A federal appeals court upholds the ban on Gun sales to Medical Marijuana patients, Arkansans will have 2 Medical Marijuana initiatives on the ballot, Oklahoman's will likely have none, and more. Arkansas Last Thursday, a second medical marijuana initiative was okayed for the ballot. The...

Marijuana supporters are pushing for a quick answer from the state's highest court in hopes of allowing Michigan voters decide if recreational pot should be made legal. MI Legalize, the group behind the effort to place the issue on Michigan's November ballot, filed an Aug. 30 motion with the...

As Colorado's enforcement capabilities toward medical and retail marijuana continue to evolve - most notably in the area of plant inventory and tracking technology - cities have begun to follow suit on a smaller scale. One of the cities taking these steps will be Lafayette, as officials on...

Oregon medical marijuana dispensaries have sold an estimated $102 million in recreational cannabis since January, when the state imposed a 25 percent sales tax on pot. In the last six months the state has collected $25.5 million in sales tax revenue on those sales, and Brookings is looking to...

Pullman — The Pullman City Council adopted new marijuana business regulations Tuesday night with hardly any discussion. The council unanimously approved two new ordinances that will update where marijuana retailers can be located and accommodate medical marijuana operations. The votes came...

Next to the screaming children on carnival rides, the foot-long sausages, and the pens crammed with prized pigs and cattle, the Oregon State Fair in Salem, Oregon, is starting a new fair tradition: a display of top-notch marijuana. It's the first state fair to show off live cannabis plants...

Federal officials are not permitted to engage in the criminal prosecution of those who are engaged in activity related to medical marijuana absent evidence that the defendants are in clear violation of state law, according to a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court...

Federal officials are not permitted to engage in the criminal prosecution of those who are engaged in activity related to medical marijuana absent evidence that the defendants are in clear violation of state law, according to a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court...

Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Conner Eldridge has endorsed legalizing medical marijuana, a move that comes days after Arkansas Democrats voted to support making the drug available to some patients. But both Eldridge and state Democrats stopped short of endorsing either one of two competing...

Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Conner Eldridge has endorsed legalizing medical marijuana, a move that comes days after Arkansas Democrats voted to support making the drug available to some patients. But both Eldridge and state Democrats stopped short of endorsing either one of two competing...

Sacramento, Calif. - Estimating that two-thirds of the medical marijuana stores in California have failed to pay sales taxes, state officials on Tuesday took a carrot-and-stick approach to persuade pot shops to pay the $106 million owed. With the state preparing to license medical marijuana...

Oregon has issued the first licenses to marijuana testing labs, a central part of the state's regulated recreational market. Regulators have been worried about the lack of licensed labs to meet a state requirement to test marijuana for pesticides and potency before it can be sold. Without...

The Colorado State Fair is getting a couple boosts from retail marijuana tax money including one that will contribute to two organizations showcased in Tuesday's annual Colorado Touchstone Energy Cooperative Junior Livestock Sale. Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace said Monday that $300,000...

This state possibly could reap nearly $200 million in new taxes - and save $17 million currently spent on police prosecutions - if marijuana were legalized, an in-depth study by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy concludes. Further, allowing safe pot could reduce the state's...

During a recent public meeting, all three trustees voted to ban those cultivating, processing, selling and dispensing the substance anywhere within township limits. The local legislation supersedes a state law, effective Sept. 8, allowing pre-approved patients to inhale marijuana in non-smoking...

During a recent public meeting, all three trustees voted to ban those cultivating, processing, selling and dispensing the substance anywhere within township limits. The local legislation supersedes a state law, effective Sept. 8, allowing pre-approved patients to inhale marijuana in non-smoking...

Two groups studying the cannabis economy say legalizing recreational marijuana in California will provide a $1.6 billion boost in revenues from expanded retail marijuana sales. The projections on California's Proposition 64 legalization measure in November come from two firms with a vested...

Much of the talk lately has been about the ballot initiative for recreational marijuana use, but Arizona will award licenses for 31 new medical marijuana dispensaries in October. Most will be worth millions of dollars the day they are issued, and all an applicant had to do was find a location...

Much of the talk lately has been about the ballot initiative for recreational marijuana use, but Arizona will award licenses for 31 new medical marijuana dispensaries in October. Most will be worth millions of dollars the day they are issued, and all an applicant had to do was find a location...

San Diego voters will be deciding on two marijuana measures on the November ballot: Proposition 64, which would legalize recreational pot statewide; and Measure N, which would impose a 5 percent tax on sales of non-medical pot if it's legalized. The city's Independent Budget Analyst last week...